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Thread regarding Gregor Murray: Gregor referred to our group as a 'hate group' because we surveyed 2000 women regarding self exclusion in relation to changes to female only provision. This survey was the first of its kind, & its purpose was to look at how women & girls are being>
> impacted by changes to policies they rely on. We complained to the SNP leader of Dundee council, but he wouldn't tell us what action he was going to take, only that he would speak to Gregor, & as far as we know Gregor has not removed that tweet. Gregor also RT'd calls for >
>people to 'ruin' the results of our survey. Our survey was made publicly available - we wanted to have the best chance of sampling a wide range of views - & Gregor hoped people would exploit this. Not long after this we started to receive abusive replies to our survey. We were >
>referred to as cunts and dogs, as well as receiving a number of sexually violent comments...Gregor has also referred to the women at the 50:50 campaign as 'absolute roasters' - a campaign to achieve proportional representation for women in local & national govt - simply because>
>they highlighted equality issues at Dundee Council. It was also reported that in 2015 Gregor backed a call at Dundee council, for the LA *not* to back the 50:50 campaign. So it is sadly no surprise to us that Gregor has viciously attacked Joan McAlpine for speaking up for >
>women's sex based rights. We know from comments in the Scottish parliament that other female politicians want to speak out on these issues but feel that they can't, so it is especially welcome that Joan has stepped up to do this. However the abuse she has faced as a result is >
>not acceptable, & it should not be accepted just because it is coming from someone in the same party. We hope @theSNP acts to support Joan & finally acts to address what can only be described as misogyny from Gregor Murray, & does all it can as a party of govt to create an >
>environment where female politicians can address women's rights without facing torrents of abuse. And that begins with refusing to ignore/tolerate that abuse, & taking the appropriate steps to stamp it out. thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/local/…
